Trace-end support.



No. 687,652. Patented Nov. 26, I901. G. R. RICHARDSON.

TRACE END SUPPORT.

(Application filed Nov. 10, 1900) (No Model.)

UNITED STATES Pr on.

TRACE-END susPeR-r.

SPECIFICATION forming part or Letters Patent Nd. 687,652, dated netemter 2c, 1901.

Application filed November 10,1900. Serial No 361112. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern;

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. RICHARD SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leon, in the county of Monroe and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trace-Carriers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention provides a trace-carrier that can be manipulated by one hand during the operation of attaching and removing the traces therefrom and which will preclude the casual displacement of the said traces when coupled thereto.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had tothe following description and drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are necessarily susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tracecarrier embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is a transverse section. Fig. 4 is a side elevation.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The trace-carrier comprises a bar 1, oppo sitely-disposed hooks 2 and 3, and a spring tongue or mousing at. The bar 1 is common to the hooks 2 and 3 and constitutes a shank therefor, and said hooks spring from the terminals thereof. The extremities of the hooks 2 and 3 are widened in the plane of the hooks to form heads 5, which project into the space inclosed by said hooks and are adapted to prevent displacement of the traces when coupled thereto.

from opposite sides of the bar 1 at a point opposite the space formed between the terminals of the hooks 2 and 3 and are adapted to receive the fastenings by means of which the device is secured to the harness or other part. Moreover, these lateral extensions 6 hold the Lateral extensions 6 project hooks 2 and 3 in an upright position and.

at one end to the outer terminal of a lateral extension 6, and its opposite end terminates about central of the space formed between the extremities of the hooks 2 and 3, so as to obstruct the passage therethrough of the traces or other part 10 be attached to the carrier and prevent accidental disengagement therefrom. The spring tongue or mousing t inclines inwardly and upwardly, and its outer lower end is fitted to a seat 7, formed with or applied to the extension 6, having the part 4 attached thereto. The seat 7 is preferably integral with the lateral extension 6, and its upper face inclines in conformity to the inclination of the spring-tongue 4. A screw or kindred fastening 8 is employed for attaching the part 4 to the seat and lateral extension 6. The part 4 tapers in width from its outer to its inner end, the latter terminating medially of the heads 5 and adapted to be sprung either outward or inward, according as the trace is to be removed or attached to the carrier. The passage between the heads 5 is normally obstructed by the tongue or mousing 4., and the latter being constructed so as to move either inward or outward enables the trace to be coupled or uncoupled by a single hand, the tongue moving in the direction of pressure applied thereto. The opposing faces of the heads 5 flare in opposite directions from a central point to facilitate and guide the trace in its movement through the said passage either inward or outward. The free end of the tongue 4 normally stands in line with the contracted central portion of the passage between the said heads 5.

By having a spring tongue or mousing 4:10 cated in a plane about at a right angle to the plane of the body of the trace-carrier it is not in the way of the traces or other part attached to the device and in nowise interferes with a ready coupling and uncoupling of the traces. In practice the trace to be attached to the carrier is passed between the heads or terminals of the hooks 2 and 3 and depresses the free end of the spring-tongue 4L, and after the eye of the trace has cleared the heads 5 a movement either to the right or to the left Q esvgcs will cause the trace to clear the springtongue and to engage with one or the other of the hooks 2 and 3, and the tongue being released will spring outward into normal position and close the passage between the terminals of the hooks and prevent accidental disengagement of the trace. When it is required to remove the trace, it is brought opposite the passage formed between the extremities of the hooks 2 and 3 and moved outward and comingin contact with the free end of the tongue 4: presses the latter outward, thereby permitting the disengagement of the trace, and, when clear of the hooks and the spring-tongue, the latter will assume its normal position, as most clearly set forth.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a trace-carrier, oppositely-disposed hooks longitudinally alined and having their extremities spaced apart, a laterally-extending spring tongue or mousing supported at its outer end and having its inner end terminating in the space formed between the extremities of the said hooks to obstruct the passage therebetween and adapted to move either inward or outward with the part applied to or removed from said carrier, substantially as set forth.

2. In a trace-carrier,a base, oppositely-disposed hooks longitudinally alined and having their extremities'spaced apart, a seat to one side of the plane of the hooks and in transverse alinement with the space formed between their extremities, and a spring-tongue secured at its outer end to the said seat and having its inner end terminating in the space formed between the extremities of the hooks and adapted to move freely either inward or outward when applying the part to or removing it from the carrier, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE R. RICHARDSON.

Witnesses:

G. F. LILLIE, O. J. POTTER. 

